Add/Remove and Mission things

[lucetimods]

Okay, first of all, here is the much overdue friend add/remove. This includes just the new ones, but you should probably head over here and run through them all, because you may have missed a few on the move over. So here's your list, knock yourself out!

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Now copy that all into the Admin Console and you're good to go!

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Okay, moving on, this is stuff about missions, both in general and the unique ones. So bear with me for a bit.



Okay, for our unique mission, I threw the people who volunteered for the positions (seen here) and used a random number generator to select them. Those who volunteered for multiple positions, they were picked for the first position they listed. So here is who will be going:

Field Leader: Luke Skywalker thefinaljedi
Doctor: Mizuno Ami geniustheveil
Stealth: Sheena corrinesbell, Gambit kineticcajun, Chien dogboy, Leonardo fearless_leader

Now this is our first time doing this, so things might be a little rough. In future missions, we'll try and work out the kinks as best we can. But let me give a little overview for how things will go here:

Tomorrow, the above characters will receive a message from the Malnosso notifying them that they have been selected for the Third Party Observation mission. The day after that, they will depart through the teleporter in the tunnels at 9AM. (This is how regular missions work, by the way.) Although I say there will be a Malnosso message, this is actually just assumed. They will simply see in their journal what their assignment is and where they need to be within 24 hours.

On the day of the mission (that's the 5th), I'll put up a log for these six characters to interact in. The log itself will open with more IC details about the mission, as much as should be needed for you guys to handle it. Everything else is on you, the players. While you can ask questions about things, this is going to be handled like the drafts, so you should be playing out everything else on your own! That means using the Third Party as NPCs and working out in your own mind what the layout is going to be, how the characters will strategize, and so on.

Treat this log as you would any other mass-interaction log! We do not expect you to have a six-way thread in that log. You can tag one-on-one (or with three people or whatever) as any point during the mission. Whether it's just simple chatting back at base camp, working together to eavesdrop on the enemy, or dealing with injuries, or what have you. This is a lot like the drafts in that sense.

If you think this sounds cool, there's another unique mission available. In the future, there will be more as well, so don't worry if your character doesn't seem appropriate for the ones so far. For the sake of fairness, players won't be able to send their characters on a mission twice in a row. You can still sign them up in advance, but if selected for one mission, they won't be considered for the following one.

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Okay, moving on, I know a lot of people don't immediately get how they're supposed to play out missions. A lot has written about it, possibly too much (or possibly not enough) and it may not be presented in the most logical manner. After all, it's a bit easier for me, since I was so involved in putting it all together. So what I would like is for people to help me out here.

If you aren't sure how something works, then go ahead and ask here. If you do know how it works, then give some suggestions on how it could be presented clearer or better. Below is a set of links that directs you to all the various information pages on the Missions.

[[ OOC: Mission Suggestions | Mission Tracking | Mission FAQ | Nitpicker's Guide: In-Depth Information
IC: Malnosso Information Post | CJ's Announcement ]]

And that's it for now!

Comments

Mission Questions / Suggestion

[lucetimods]

[chikaidestroyer]

Just asking for details about mundane life on a mission -- mainly food and sleeping arrangements. I had assumed that the quality of sleeping arrangements kinda depended on who was supervising the characters (so there's leeway for players' interpretation there), and that they generally did not leave the site where they are working. I say generally because it wouldn't be a good idea (from the Malnosso's perspective) to leave "information assistants" locked in the library, so I imagined they were brought to a nearby hotel or attached building or something.

As for food... Well. They're not starving them out there, but I don't have any thoughts beyond that.

[lucetimods]

It really depends on where they're at and what might be deemed reasonable for the location. Like those who are doing research or testing at a Malnosso facility would have pretty typical quarters to room in for the duration. For instance, during Kurt's stay with them, he's been sharing quarters with a random NPC because they use bunkbeds. The cafeteria food is pretty plain too.

But even if two characters are doing information research, they might not necessarily be going to same place. So qualify of quarters and food might vary. Either way, they're being taken care of. It might not be luxurious, but it's always going to be at least adequate.

[eyesofstrength]

Had a question about the length of missions actually. Is it possible to tweak the amount of time for them if needed without failing the mission?

Like to give an example, say someone who has a non-combatant character only needs them away for a few days, so combat testing won't work, but everything else is minimum of at least a week. Or if someone really wants to send their character to kill shift hunters, but only needs the character gone for a week and two would just be too much.

Just mostly wondering if the timeframes are meant to overall be a guideline and not set in stone so much.

Third Party Observation Plotting

[lucetimods]

This is for the six selected characters to go ahead and start plotting things out together.

[corrinesbell]

Oh, great. Back to the jungle.

(Nah not really, this is going to be awesome!)

Because my memory is terrible - were any of the others also on the Jungle Draft?

[kineticcajun]

Not sure with the others, but Gambit wasn't on that one. So this is all-new malaria-filled fun for him. :D

Oughta be fun. Although perhaps not so much for them.

Oops, this is me forgetting to add where he has been. Only draft he's been on was to the mines.

[fearless_leader]

Leo wasn't, his brother Donatello was though.

Leo's been to the Southern Farmlands and the mines.

[dogboy]

Hey, this guy's not even been on a draft! Fresh face in Luceti through and through~

He grew up in the jungle though, so he's got a good edge.

[geniustheveil]

Nope. Desset City and Southern Farmlands.

[thefinaljedi]

Luke's been living on the jungle moon of Yavin for some time, and has obviously been to Endor on these sorts of covert operations missions.

[corrinesbell]

Someone's gonna have to give them the heads up on the luceti jungle, then. No worries, folks! Sheena hated it last time and she will play up all its awful points for the rest of you given half a chance.

[kineticcajun]

XD Hey, at least she'll be warning them about the worst of it ahead of time. No surprises, right?

[geniustheveil]

Yo. Checking in as your Doctor, lovelies.

[thefinaljedi]

Well thats a relief, a real doctor!

[thefinaljedi]

Why, hello there folks. Luke Skywalker reporting in.

[geniustheveil]

Our great mission leader!

[thefinaljedi]

Great...is a relative term there, dear. But Luke's done this before.

[geniustheveil]

I'm sure he'll be awesome. XD

Relevant notes: Ami is a full doctor back home, as of her canon update. She heads up the village clinic in Luceti as of recently. So any basic wound/injury tending should be within her capabilities.

She's assigned as doctor for that reason, but it should be noted she's also good with stealth. She has a disguise device (at the group's service of course) that turns someone into whatever she takes a picture of, and in canon she's done infiltration missions before (usually using that in live-action, but actually infiltrating a possible enemy base in anime and manga). She's good with technology, too, so she might have some advice on things there.

Meant to ask

[thefinaljedi]

Generalized question to everyone: Battle Meditation, who is OK with it, and who isn't?

[geniustheveil]

What do you mean exactly?

[thefinaljedi]

Luke can telepathically link a group of people together, modifying their combat ability and helping them sync up better. Its a fairly potent Force power, but some folks may not like it.

[geniustheveil]

Ami would be fine with that. The girls use synced attacks and display some mild telepathic bonds with each other as it is, so it isn't too strange a concept for her, though it'd be a bit nerve-inducing with someone she doesn't know well.

[kineticcajun]

Gambit would not go along with something like that without a fight. Plus telepathic links might not work so well with him anyway since his mutation causes static interference. S-sorry, don't mean to be a pain in the neck here. ;;

[thefinaljedi]

Perfectly alright. Its less of an invasive thing than all that, and Luke absolutely cannot force the Force on anyone

[kineticcajun]

...hee "force the Force." /nerd

But yeah, if it's not very invasive and that's made clear to him, he might back down and accept it, but. He's just not exactly the most trusting of anything vaguely telepathic.

[thefinaljedi]

Sounds fair

[fearless_leader]

I think Leo would be okay with it. If, like with Gambit, it's explained.

[thefinaljedi]

Alright. I figure it would help out. Since its best to avoid being too noisy

[fearless_leader]

Psh, Leo could put a church mouse to shame with how quiet he can be. xD But I assume this is so they can talk telepathically instead of out lioud?

[thefinaljedi]

Yes, as well as have a more...I guess...shared experience if there is actual fighting. It helps link others together, enabling them to fight in tandem. The reason that may be important is just how...different each character is, and how Luke knows none of them

[fearless_leader]

Hm, definitely sounds interesting. xD Can't wait.

[thefinaljedi]

Yep, I sure hope it all goes well.

Any thoughts on things we want to go over and do while we're out on this thing?

[dogboy]

Well, you guys have me beat in experience with logged things like this since I'm new to Luceti. So I'm good with listening to what you've all got to say and rolling with it or adding in if I've got an idea because I'm nervous pfffft.

[fearless_leader]

Don't be nervous! We were all new once. XD

Well, logs here are usually done with prose or brackets(it's mun's preference). Threads are started usually either for each poster, or each part of what's going on in the log.

[corrinesbell]

On a mission like this, it might make more sense to have 'sctioned' threads. then again, it might not - might be easier to have one thread per character, and the others decide when and where they're talking.

Or both.

But Leo-mun's right, it can be [action] or prose.

[fearless_leader]

I'm thinking if we want to do the meditation thing, that should be it's own thread, maybe. But threads for each sound good too.

This is Luke, too lazy to log out.

[greatinspector]

I agree with this.

[dogboy]

This sounds good to me!

[kineticcajun]

Sounds great!

[dogboy]

Chien'd have a problem with that, but he'd put up with it if he had to for survival. Plus, his bro (loosely using this term) Mewtwo uses telepathy to communicate with those around him and Chien's had his share of that on a few occasions.

A loose explanation of it's advantages oughta get him to be co-operative. Not that he likes the fact he knows none of the people in this group.

[corrinesbell]

Sheena would also need an explanation. She'd go along if everyone else did, for the sake of the advantage.

[thefinaljedi]

Any other things we'd like to plot out? Or just wing it the whole way though?